diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/coda/coda-bit.c b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/coda/coda-bit.c
index 50350d657f91..782b299e9b12 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/coda/coda-bit.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/coda/coda-bit.c
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@
 #define CODA7_PS_BUF_SIZE	0x28000
 #define CODA9_PS_SAVE_SIZE	(512 * 1024)
 
-#define CODA_DEFAULT_GAMMA	4096
-#define CODA9_DEFAULT_GAMMA	24576	/* 0.75 * 32768 */
-
 static void coda_free_bitstream_buffer(struct coda_ctx *ctx);
 
 static inline int coda_is_initialized(struct coda_dev *dev)
@@ -1065,7 +1062,7 @@ static int coda_start_encoding(struct coda_ctx *ctx)
 	struct coda_q_data *q_data_src, *q_data_dst;
 	u32 bitstream_buf, bitstream_size;
 	struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *buf;
-	int gamma, ret, value;
+	int ret, value;
 	u32 dst_fourcc;
 	int num_fb;
 	u32 stride;
@@ -1251,13 +1248,14 @@ static int coda_start_encoding(struct coda_ctx *ctx)
 
 
 	value = 0;
-	if (dev->devtype->product == CODA_960)
-		gamma = CODA9_DEFAULT_GAMMA;
-	else
-		gamma = CODA_DEFAULT_GAMMA;
-	if (gamma > 0) {
-		coda_write(dev, (gamma & CODA_GAMMA_MASK) << CODA_GAMMA_OFFSET,
-			   CODA_CMD_ENC_SEQ_RC_GAMMA);
+	if (ctx->params.gamma > 0) {
+		if (dev->devtype->product == CODA_960)
+			value |= 1 << CODA9_OPTION_GAMMA_OFFSET;
+		else if (dev->devtype->product == CODA_DX6)
+			value |= 1 << CODADX6_OPTION_GAMMA_OFFSET;
+		else
+			value |= 1 << CODA7_OPTION_GAMMA_OFFSET;
+		coda_write(dev, ctx->params.gamma, CODA_CMD_ENC_SEQ_RC_GAMMA);
 	}
 
 	if (ctx->params.h264_min_qp || ctx->params.h264_max_qp) {
@@ -1269,15 +1267,7 @@ static int coda_start_encoding(struct coda_ctx *ctx)
 	if (dev->devtype->product == CODA_960) {
 		if (ctx->params.h264_max_qp)
 			value |= 1 << CODA9_OPTION_RCQPMAX_OFFSET;
-		if (CODA_DEFAULT_GAMMA > 0)
-			value |= 1 << CODA9_OPTION_GAMMA_OFFSET;
 	} else {
-		if (CODA_DEFAULT_GAMMA > 0) {
-			if (dev->devtype->product == CODA_DX6)
-				value |= 1 << CODADX6_OPTION_GAMMA_OFFSET;
-			else
-				value |= 1 << CODA7_OPTION_GAMMA_OFFSET;
-		}
 		if (ctx->params.h264_min_qp)
 			value |= 1 << CODA7_OPTION_RCQPMIN_OFFSET;
 		if (ctx->params.h264_max_qp)
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/coda/coda-common.c b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/coda/coda-common.c
index 9b443ddabeab..9ca459793050 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/coda/coda-common.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/coda/coda-common.c
@@ -2205,6 +2205,9 @@ static int coda_s_ctrl(struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl)
 		ctx->params.bitrate = ctrl->val / 1000;
 		ctx->params.bitrate_changed = true;
 		break;
+	case V4L2_CID_GAMMA:
+		ctx->params.gamma = ctrl->val;
+		break;
 	case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_GOP_SIZE:
 		ctx->params.gop_size = ctrl->val;
 		break;
@@ -2311,9 +2314,13 @@ static const struct v4l2_ctrl_ops coda_ctrl_ops = {
 static void coda_encode_ctrls(struct coda_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	int max_gop_size = (ctx->dev->devtype->product == CODA_DX6) ? 60 : 99;
+	u32 def_gamma = (ctx->dev->devtype->product == CODA_960) ?
+			 CODA9_DEFAULT_GAMMA : CODA_DEFAULT_GAMMA;
 
 	v4l2_ctrl_new_std(&ctx->ctrls, &coda_ctrl_ops,
 		V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_BITRATE, 0, 32767000, 1000, 0);
+	v4l2_ctrl_new_std(&ctx->ctrls, &coda_ctrl_ops,
+			  V4L2_CID_GAMMA, 0, 0x7FFFFFFF, 1, def_gamma);
 	v4l2_ctrl_new_std(&ctx->ctrls, &coda_ctrl_ops,
 		V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_GOP_SIZE, 0, max_gop_size, 1, 16);
 	v4l2_ctrl_new_std(&ctx->ctrls, &coda_ctrl_ops,
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/coda/coda.h b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/coda/coda.h
index ddfd0a32c653..007f56b24c61 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/coda/coda.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/coda/coda.h
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 #define CODA_MAX_FRAMEBUFFERS	19
 #define FMO_SLICE_SAVE_BUF_SIZE	(32)
 
+#define CODA_DEFAULT_GAMMA	4096
+#define CODA9_DEFAULT_GAMMA	24576	/* 0.75 * 32768 */
+
 /*
  * This control allows applications to read the per-stream
  * (i.e. per-context) Macroblocks Error Count. This value
@@ -150,6 +153,7 @@ struct coda_params {
 	u32			vbv_size;
 	u32			slice_max_bits;
 	u32			slice_max_mb;
+	u32			gamma;
 	bool			force_ipicture;
 	bool			gop_size_changed;
 	bool			bitrate_changed;
